Comments on: Troy’s Package

By: Who Needs The Confrontation Clause? « The Alablawg

Who Needs The Confrontation Clause? « The Alablawg — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:43:47 +0000

[...] already offered my thoughts on the constitutionality of this bill, so I’ll just point out that Rep. Ward must have flunked elementary logic. The point of the [...]

By: BTL: Beer bill passes senate committee

BTL: Beer bill passes senate committee — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:26:27 +0000

[...] King’s crime package bills cleared a House committee. See Wheeler’s post to learn more about Troy’s [...]

By: Demopolite

Demopolite — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:39:39 +0000

“In drug cases where ‘confidential informants’ are used the defendant is not allowed to face their accuser.”

If the CI is just used as part of the probable cause to get a warrant, then no. But if the CI is going to TESTIFY, then they must do so in open court where the defendant has the ability to cross-examine. In other words, the right of confrontation does not necessarily apply in a non-trial context, but does apply in a trial context.

…which is why this law goes against everything that the Sixth Amendment stands for, the Supreme Court be damned.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:43:18 +0000

I don’t think Troy King is a good enough lawyer to offer advice on complicated legal matters like campaign finance or double-dipping.

But any idiot can say we should execute pedofiles or not force a poor child victim to testify in open court.

By: Loretta Nall

Loretta Nall — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:03:31 +0000

In drug cases where ‘confidential informants’ are used the defendant is not allowed to face their accuser. Isn’t it just lovely what the drug war has done to our Constitution?

By: Old Prosecutor

Old Prosecutor — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:16:18 +0000

What a surprise. Troy King more interested in politicaL gain then substance. The man is simply a lightweight politican